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Published July 15, 2015

The state of Utah has eight other states as a plaintiff in a lawsuit intended to block what they characterize as an expansion of the Clean Water Act. The complaint alleges that the Clean Water Rule, a joint effort between the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was an attempt by those agencies to usurp the statesâ authority over their sovereign waters. The rule, which passed earlier this year, defines ânavigable watersâ as navigable waters and their tributaries. According to the complaint,...